Splendeur Caisse

Have a Safe and Fun New Year's Eve! xo Alicia

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source Most Interesting Looking Corn 2013's Most Intsagrammed Art Installations Top 10 Large Scale Installations of 2013 Brilliant Refraction Action by Soo Sunny Park Doodling with Watercolors Last Minute Hair Pins Art Journal Inspiration from: Balzer Designs , RaeMissigman , I've been sick since Christmas Eve, so this page originally published with no links. oops Have a Splendid Weekend! xo Alicia

source source At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year ~Thomas Tusser See ya Friday for Link Love! xo Alicia

Playlist includes: Christmas Time ~ New Politics Great Big Sled ~ The Killers Christmas Wrapping ~ The Waitresses All I Want for Christmas ~ Mariah Carey Christmas in Hollis ~ Run-D.M.C. Last Christmas ~ Wham! Wonderful Christmas Time ~ Paul McCartney Christmas Day ~ The Beach Boys 2000 Miles ~ The Pretenders xo Alicia

all images via Christmas Dreamers . xo Alicia

source Why didn't I think to build myself a magical blanket fort , like Indie Jane? Now I wanna embellish all my long sleeves ! {Art} On The Road . Hmm... Has me thinking about my upcoming road trip. Art Journal Inspiration from: Balzer Designs , Caatje , Willowing , Elvie Studio , Raemissigman , and Jane Davenport . Weekend Project: because I need a paper Christmas Wreath for my living room. Good kids project too. Great Gift Idea  from How to Make Art! Perfect for those doodles you might have floating around. A Re-painted bag from Balzer Designs. Love it! Last minute holiday gift ideas , and 50 DIY Gift Ideas from A Beautiful Mess. The Art of Negative Space Great post from Everyday Art: Let it Flow . Stunning Hand-Carved Cave Cathedrals by Ra Paulette Heart Handmade put together a list of their Favorite Washi Tape Stores . Word Nerd from LaWhimsy. Have a Splendid Weekend! xo Alicia

Oops I can't believe I forgot to post yesterday! Totally slipped my mind and then I got busy with the daily stuff. Once the evening hit though I got to take some supplies out and play in my art journal. At least laying the ground work for future pages. Which is always helpful when I just need to get something down.  These are the latest journal pages. Where I wrote down message that I got from this: Notes from the Universe . Inspirational reminders that sometimes are in total sync with something I'm living.  And I kept these pages simple because I knew I would be writing these notes here. So happy I got to glue some things down. Now to get the motivation to finish that Christmas gift I'm working on. Happy Thursday! I need some eggnog! xo Alicia

xo Alicia

artist artist artist all images via my Tumblr likes. xo Alicia

source I'm back today, I had nothing yesterday. Okay on to the links: Elaborate dreamscapes from artist JeeYoung Lee . These are stunning! Balzer Designs shared a video of an art technique I'd like to try. Caatje shared a Step by step journal spread . Handmade Holiday Round-up from Traci Baustista. Love this video from the Frugal Crafter. Alisa Burke shared beautiful Wood Burned boxes that she created. Word Nerd from LaWhimsy . Black and White Wrapping Paper from Alisa Burke. Have a Splendid Weekend! xo Alicia

These are two of my most recent art journal pages. Lucky for me these pages had been put together way before I added the journaling.  Especially since I have not had motivation to do any of the activities I enjoy. I have a crochet project that needs to be finished before Christmas and I have to time just not the motivation. Maybe I should try scheduling it into my day, like my workout time. I'm off to glue some stuff down into art journal and see what I create. xo Alicia

xo Alicia

I just wanna snuggles these adorable little guys. all via my Tumblr likes. xo Alicia

source Daisy Yellow is hosting   December Rainbow Escape . A little journal challenge, check it out. Art Journal Every Day Challenge . I wanna make a Cowl Wrap like this! I'd try this one but sadly don't knit. Art Journal Inspiration from: Daisy Yellow (so gorgeous!), RaeMissisgman , Maria Beckett , and  Everyday Art . Help Me Ronda shares a Photo a Day challenge for December. RefineHere shares a digital download that you can use in your personal art journal! Loving these stamping ideas that Alisa Burke shared in her blog. Balzer Designs shared an interesting techique that I want to try. Bamboo Dome Bound Together Without any Nails . Reflective Desert Shack . Gingerbread Art Museum . Joining Susannah Conway again this year for Unraveling the year ahead . Have a Splendid Weekend! xo Alicia

 I love that as it gets darker earlier I can finally take part in my personal ritual of lighting candles. The votive from above is from my coffee shop days. I took them home when the owner sold the business.  So this some thing so simple to spruce up those clear glass jars. Original I had the black and white tape around another candle. When that one was finished I took my tape back and wanted to reuse it a festive way. So I torn into pieces and made a simple snowflake. Just four pieces of tape. First I made an X , then added one vertically and horizontally. I love the intercepting pattern in the center as well. I'm sure I've seen other tutorials that use washi tape but I don't think I've seen this before. Correct me if I'm wrong please, so I can credit. If you decide to give this a try, please share your pictures! I'd love to see them. xo Alicia

This month's inspiration board. Love it. But I also want to take some of these images down, so I can use them in my art journal. Hmm... okay now for the goals. Put up the Christmas tree! I feel like I'm late on this one already. Enjoy this Holiday season as much as possible. I feel like the season flew by last year. Which totally took the joy out of it for me.  Catch a few Holiday movies. White Christmas, Elf, Love Actually, etc...  I've already watched The Santa Clause this weekend. Listen to Holiday/Christmas music before bed, so I can have sweet dreams. :) Reflect on the past year as I work through Unraveling the Year Ahead  2014 from Susannah Conway. I'm really looking forward to this.  I also plan to continue the destash in progress.   There are more clothes to sort through and box up to giveaway. There are still books to list for resell on Amazon.  The list could go on but I'll leave it there. From last months goals: ...

xo Alicia

artist artist So it totally feels like I blinked and December is here. Unbelievable, I'm just hoping these days till Christmas slow down. I really want to enjoy this time heading toward the end of the year. all images via my Tumblr likes. xo Alicia